Bill Text: NY S00716 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-04 - DEFEATED IN INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00716 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00716-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          716
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
         and Government Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to granting the attorney
         general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 63 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    3    17.  INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED COMMISSION OF  ANY  CRIMINAL  OFFENSE  OR
    4  OFFENSES  COMMITTED  BY A POLICE OFFICER IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORM-
    5  ANCE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, AND PROSECUTE  ANY  SUCH  PERSON  OR
    6  PERSONS  BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUCH CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR OFFENSES IN
    7  CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR  HER  OFFICIAL  DUTIES.    THE
    8  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  MAY  ONLY  EXERCISE THE JURISDICTION PROVIDED BY THIS
    9  SUBDIVISION UPON A WRITTEN FINDING THAT SUCH JURISDICTION  IS  NECESSARY
   10  BECAUSE:  (A)  OF  A  LACK  OF  ALTERNATIVE  PROSECUTORIAL  RESOURCES TO
   11  ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE SUCH CRIMINAL OFFENSE  OR  OFFENSES
   12  OR,  (B)  THE  EXERCISE  OF SUCH JURISDICTION IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE
   13  CONFIDENCE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  IN  THE  JUDICIAL  SYSTEM.    IN  ALL  SUCH
   14  PROCEEDINGS,  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY APPEAR IN PERSON OR BY HIS OR HER
   15  DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT BEFORE ANY COURT OR GRAND JURY AND EXERCISE  ALL  OF
   16  THE POWERS AND PERFORM ALL OF THE DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTIONS OR
   17  PROCEEDINGS WHICH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE AUTHORIZED OR
   18  REQUIRED TO EXERCISE OR PERFORM.
   19    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   20  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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